Does anybody know if mail.ru is safe?

Gregg Bell · 02-09-2018, 07:08 PM

I made a new acquaintance online and he lives in Russia, and his email is mail.ru. I Googled around and see it's huge in Russia, but since I've never heard of it, I figured I'd ask to see if you guys had any experience with it. Thanks.

skb · 02-10-2018, 01:36 AM

I think it's okay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail.Ru

If you're worried, just don't click on links in the emails

Gudy · 02-12-2018, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skb

I think it's okay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail.Ru

If you're worried, just don't click on links in the emails

That is good advice in any case.

FWIW, the vast majority of spam I get these days is from bogus outlook.com addresses. Just treating mail.ru like any other mail provider should be fine.

HarryT · 02-12-2018, 10:22 AM

There's never any danger is sending mail to an address; it's only mail that's received that's an issue. As has been said, don't open any attachments or click any links, and you'll be fine.

Gregg Bell · 02-16-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by skb

I think it's okay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail.Ru

If you're worried, just don't click on links in the emails

Thanks skb.

Gregg Bell · 02-16-2018, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Gudy

That is good advice in any case.

FWIW, the vast majority of spam I get these days is from bogus outlook.com addresses. Just treating mail.ru like any other mail provider should be fine.

Thanks Gudy.

Gregg Bell · 02-16-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

There's never any danger is sending mail to an address; it's only mail that's received that's an issue. As has been said, don't open any attachments or click any links, and you'll be fine.

Thanks Harry. Then I guess next up is if I trust my new friend if he sends attachments. (And that has to do with the Russia aspect, rather than my friend. If he were any place else, save N. Korea or China, I wouldn't think twice about any of this.)

rcentros · 02-16-2018, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Harry. Then I guess next up is if I trust my new friend if he sends attachments. (And that has to do with the Russia aspect, rather than my friend. If he were any place else, save N. Korea or China, I wouldn't think twice about any of this.)

I wouldn't worry about opening an attachment from a friend. I wouldn't open an attachment from an unknown (of course I wouldn't do that on Yahoo, GMail, AOL or any other mail service either).

theducks · 02-16-2018, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Harry. Then I guess next up is if I trust my new friend if he sends attachments. (And that has to do with the Russia aspect, rather than my friend. If he were any place else, save N. Korea or China, I wouldn't think twice about any of this.)

You run Linux. Most malware is aimed at the big (under the big) "W"

Gregg Bell · 02-17-2018, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by rcentros

I wouldn't worry about opening an attachment from a friend. I wouldn't open an attachment from an unknown (of course I wouldn't do that on Yahoo, GMail, AOL or any other mail service either).

Thanks rcentros. I guess it's common sense online wherever you are.

Gregg Bell · 02-17-2018, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

You run Linux. Most malware is aimed at the big (under the big) "W"

Thanks ducks. Yeah, that's one advantage of Linux.

BetterRed · 02-20-2018, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by rcentros

I wouldn't worry about opening an attachment from a friend. I wouldn't open an attachment from an unknown (of course I wouldn't do that on Yahoo, GMail, AOL or any other mail service either).

I wouldn't open an attachment from a friend unless the body of the email told me what it was, a common way of spreading 'crap' is to install a daemon that attaches the 'crap' to outgoing emails.

BR

Sarmat89 · 02-20-2018, 01:12 PM

Beware of Word macroviruses, as the state of Russian computer security is pretty dire, and viruses of every kind are widespread.

dwig · 02-20-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

I wouldn't open an attachment from a friend unless the body of the email told me what it was, a common way of spreading 'crap' is to install a daemon that attaches the 'crap' to outgoing emails.

BR

++

If the friend does say, in the email text, that they are sending an attachment then I wouldn't touch the attachment.

Gregg Bell · 02-20-2018, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by BetterRed

I wouldn't open an attachment from a friend unless the body of the email told me what it was, a common way of spreading 'crap' is to install a daemon that attaches the 'crap' to outgoing emails.

BR

Yeah, really, Red. I get that all the time, from people I even know pretty well. Like I'm supposed to just open an unknown attachment. Thanks for the reminder.

02-09-2018, 07:08 PM	#1
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Sarmat89 Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 2268308 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: none	Beware of Word macroviruses, as the state of Russian computer security is pretty dire, and viruses of every kind are widespread.